The Worland Family in America and Beyond

I began my life in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, on an island filled with forests and wild rhododendrons. I was separated from my Worland family there at an early age. Recently, I was reunited with my family and learned of my heritage. And so, this journey to know my ancestors began. The Worlands, Gideons, Newtons, Conards... they were the colonists, the settlers, the pioneers. They fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War. This is their story, and the story of a nation. -Deci Worland MacKinnon

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

October 1734, Pennsylvania

October 31, 1734- Ezekiel Potts marries Magdalene Miller, daughter of George and Sibilla Miller, at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As this marriage was accomplished contrary to the usage of Friends, he made an acknowledgment to Abington Monthly Meeting, on February 29, 1737.